ASSIGNMENT TEMPLATE

Assignment Template

Assignment Template

Writing Rhetorically

PREWRITING

WRITING

REVISING AND EDITING

EVALUATING AND RESPONDING

Prewriting

Reading the Assignment

Getting Ready to Write

Formulating a Working Thesis

Reading the Assignment

Many students have trouble with writing because they do not read the assignment carefully. Help students identify the following:

Specify the subject.

Do they have choices?

Go over the writing timeline.

Check for understanding.

Check for audience for their writing.

Getting Ready to Write

For this assignment, students will get ready to write using the following strategies:

Use a quote from the text to stimulate discussion and introduce the writing assignment. For example, “We passed them on the road, all their household goods piled on wagons . . .”

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